Summer reports season
This week’s article will be necessarily short as I have spent much of my time writing reports for all the boys.
This week’s article will be necessarily short as I have spent much of my time writing reports for all the boys.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is the holder of arguably the most famous quote of all movie history: “I’ll be back”; but this week I have had two other very simple Arnie quotes running around my head.
Continuing a recent theme, I thought I would write this week about another hidden gem (though this one is not necessarily Pilgrims’ specific), which is the teacher's perk of getting to go on residential trips.
I wrote a few weeks back about how one of the hidden joys of being at Pilgrims’ was getting to sing hymns every week. [There was one on Monday that I really didn’t know; I was a bit lost! Still, what you don’t know today often becomes something you love next week].
In assembly this week, I talked to the boys about competition, and competitiveness.
It is right that historians from time to time revise our interpretation of the past, specifically rethinking what previous historians believed and wrote.
A recent assembly began with this conundrum: which are the most dangerous animals on earth? The answers, though debatable, are not always what you would expect.
As a teacher, the start of every term comes with mixed emotions.
The end of term is upon us; and what a term! The school has been a buzzy and busy place, but perhaps even more so than usual. It has definitely lived up to my description as the 'Engine Room' of the year.
I’m sure some may tire of me recommending sports documentaries (that is not all I watch – honest!), but I want to start this week reflecting a little on Ben Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes, which can be seen on Amazon.
I have completed my one-to-one appointments with Year 5 parents to discuss future schools; it has been fascinating, and I love these meetings.
After the completion of the inspection last week, I felt the need for a bit of a break, so I took some time last weekend to get stuck into a Netflix series that I have been very keen to watch: Full Swing. This is a brilliant documentary following players on the golf PGA tour during 2022; I gorged myself on four episodes in just a little over 24 hours!